Sri Lanka extends its heartfelt gratitude to Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the General Assembly, for her extraordinary efforts and support to Sri Lanka, in particular in dedicating this meeting to the memory of the victims of the dastardly attack that took place on Easter Sunday.…
On this commemorative occasion of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Sri Lanka wishes to extend its warmest felicitations to the ILO on its tireless work in promoting social justice and human and labour rights. Indeed, the pivotal message of so…
Let me begin by congratulating Equatorial Guinea on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and for organizing this debate on one of the most immediate threats to international peace and security — transnational organized crime at sea. We also thank Mr. Yury Fedotov, …
Allow me to congratulate the Dominican Republic, not only on assuming the presidency of the Council for this month but also for convening this open debate on one of the most pressing issues of our time — climate change. As an island nation severely impacted upon by natural disasters, Sri Lanka under…
Sri Lanka, as a sponsor of resolution 72/247, entitled “Twentieth anniversary and promotion of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms”, is pleased
that this impo…
I congratulate the Plurinational State of Bolivia on its presidency of the Security Council and thank it for organizing today’s open debate. I thank the Secretary-General and other briefers for their remarks and acknowledge the contributions made by the Executive Director of UN- Women and other repr…
Sri Lanka has the honour, as Chair for the month of September, to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Asia-Pacific States, to join others in paying tribute to the late former Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan, and to celebrate his life and legacy. Kofi Annan was a visiona…
I would first like to congratulate the British presidency of the Security Council for convening this open debate on a vital subject
related to the maintenance of international peace and security and a topic that has not been debated in the Security Council since 2009 (see S/PV.6108), despite its co…
My delegation thanks the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly for their comprehensive statements, and we take note of the Secretary-General’s report (A/72/840). We take this opportunity to thank the Office of Counter Terrorism for its work. We are confident that the Office wil…
I would like to thank the President for organizing this important and very timely high-level meeting to review the progress of the implementation of General Assembly and Security Council resolutions 70/262 and 2282 (2016), on the peacebuilding architecture and the related follow- up action.
Today, …
I would first like to congratulate Peru on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate at a time when the world is facing growing threats to international peace and security. We would also like to thank Ms. Jayathma Wickramanaya…
I thank the French presidency of the Security Council for organizing today’s open debate. I would also like to thank the briefers for their remarks and to acknowledge the contributions by the Executive Director of UN-Women and other representatives.
As we mark the seventeenth anniversary of the ado…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this joint debate on the very important topic of peacebuilding and sustaining peace, as well as on the reports of the Peacebuilding Commission (A/71/768) and the Peacebuilding Fund (A/71/792).
I also thank the Secretary-General for his report on the peacebuilding fun…
Let me join the other speakers in commending the President for convening this timely and important debate.
Sri Lanka associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Venezuela on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. I wish to make this statement in my national capacity…
Let me take this opportunity to join other speakers in commending the Malaysian presidency for convening this timely open debate on the challenges we face in addressing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, their means of delivery and related materials. We express our appreciation to Mr.…
My delegation would like to extend warm congratulations to Malaysia’s presidency of the Security Council for the month of August and to commend the President for convening this most important debate on children in armed conflict. We attach particular significance to the fact that Malaysia is the cur…
My delegation welcomes the statement issued by the Secretary-General, as well as the statement delivered by the President of the General Assembly (see A/70/PV.109) during this debate on the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy review, which underlined the urgent need to send a strong and…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for convening today’s plenary meeting.
We welcome the adoption of resolution 70/262, on the General Assembly’s 2015 review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture. The resolution and the identical Security Council resolution 2282 (2016) are the…
Let me take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I also join other speakers in commending the President for having convened today’s timely and important debate.
Sri Lanka associates itself with the statement made by the r…
I join other speakers in commending His Excellency Mr. Murray McCully, Minister for Foreign Affairs of New Zealand, for convening this important debate. I also wish to thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing to the Council this morning.
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